Ok I have a few questions, I have 4 clowns, normal nemos. I also have an eibl, coral beauty , 3 purple firefish, 3 pearly(yellowhead) jawfish, and a blue tang. I was in my LFS the other day and I saw a maroon clown, or a little darker with a gole stripe, a gold stripe marron clown they called it. now he is a little smalle rthen my 4 clowns now, is that bad to add? or shoul dhe be larger then my clowns and i should add a pair or just leave it?

I have all 4 about the same size one is starting to get a little bigger btu I wanted to do it before it was to long. I have a 110 tank so plenty of room, just wanting to know if I can add 1 or 2 gold stripe to the tank and not have a problem.

I just want to add maybe them and 2 mandarins and I am done with the tank besides some corals and stuff.

TIA
Looking forward to hearing if it is a good idea, bad idea and if people have done it before.

To the best of my knowledge, tomato clowns are very teritorial, especially if you have carpet coral... and you can not have more than one of them in a tank unless the tank is huge. If you add it to you tank, more than likely, it will end up fighting with the other clowns....

gold striped maroon clownfish are very aggressive. They also are slightly different than normal clowns in that you usually have to buy a known mated pair. They will be extremely territorial and may consider the whole tank their territory. I have heard of mixing clowns but never a maroon. Very chancy IMO. Check them out at www.drsfostersmith.com.

so you have 14 fish in a 110. many of whom get aggressive twoard their own kind?

First, me thinks your way overstocked. Carefully check all of your parameters and watch for spikes.

second, I would reccommend that you research any and all future purchases so that you know exactlly what your getting into before you do it. the key to success in this hobby is research and above all, paitence.

third, a gold stripe Maroon clown will get to be 6 inches long. so it will very soon dominate your tank. Plus, they dislike other clowns.

And by the way I noticed you said one of your clowns was getting bigger. That is going to be the female. Now you will have 3 males and a female. None of the others will turn female unless the female dies. Then the biggest male will morph to a female. You will never have two pair from 4 that were always together.